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With league football suspended during World War I, Bristol Rovers spent this period playing friendly matches and also competed in the Bristol County Combination. The 1918–19 season was the final year of the suspension of major competitive football and Rovers went back to playing in the Southern League in 1919-20.

Results[]

Date Competition Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 September Friendly Bristol & Col Co. Home 3–2 Skuse (2), Gyles
14 September Friendly Bristol City Home 5–2 Weston (3), Baker, Pendrick
21 September Bristol County Combination Discharged Soldiers & Sailors Home 14–1 Pendrick, Stone, Skuse, Crompton, Gyles[1]
28 September Bristol County Combination R.A.F. (Filton) Home 3–0 Weston (2), Baker
5 October Friendly Bristol City Away 2–4 Bush, Weston
12 October Bristol County Combination Royal Engineers (Portbury) Home 0–0 2,000
19 October Bristol County Combination Bristol Dockers Home 4–1 Weston (2), Pendrick, Stone
26 October Friendly Bristol City Home 1–0 2,000 Weston
2 November Friendly Royal Engineers (Portbury) Home 3–0 Bennett, Stone, Farquharson (o.g.)
16 November Friendly Y.M.C.A. Home 5–0 Skuse (3), Weston, Harding
23 November Bristol County Combination R.A.F. (Filton) Home 3–0 Pendrick, Crompton[2]
30 November Friendly Bristol City Away 0–0
7 December Friendly R.A.F. Yate Home 5–1 Weston (3), Crompton (2)
14 December Friendly Discharged Navy XI Home 5–0 Weston (3), Gyles, Pendrick
21 December Friendly Bristol & Col Co. Home 3–2 Rawlings (2), Pendrick
25 December Friendly Bristol City Home 2–2 3,000 Walker, Weston
26 December Bristol County Combination Bristol City Away 3–2 3,000 Weston (3)
28 December Friendly Bristol Dockers Home 10–1 Skuse (4), Rawlins (2), Crompton, Walker, Weston, Baker (pen)
11 January Friendly Repatriated Soldiers & Sailors Home 6–0 Sleigh (2), Crompton, Weston, Walker, Skuse
18 January Bristol County Combination Bristol Dockers Home 4–0 Griffiths (3), Weston
25 January Friendly R.F.A. Larkhill Home 5–1 Skuse (2), Stone, Walker, Roe
1 February Friendly Bristol City Away 2–2 Skuse (2)
8 February Friendly Newport County Home 3–0 Stone (2), Crompton
15 February Friendly G.W.R. Carriage XI Home 20–0 Crompton (3, 1 pen), Rawlings (4), Grubb (3),[3] Panes (3, 1 pen),
Roe (2), Gyles (3), Whitton, Bennett
1 March Friendly Army XI Home 5–2 Weston (2), Skuse (2), Crompton
8 March Friendly Bristol City Away 0–1 4,000
15 March Bristol County Combination R.A.V.C. Home 7–0 Weston (4), Rawlings (2), Buckle
22 March Friendly Swindon Town Home 3–2 Skuse, Weston, Roe
29 March Friendly Cardiff City Home 3–0 Weston, Rawlings, Buckle
5 April Friendly Bristol City Home 2–0 6,431 Skuse, Rawlings
12 April Bristol County Combination R.A.V.C. Home 8–0 Rawlings (4), Crompton (2), Skuse, Weston
18 April Friendly Bristol City Away 5–1 7,321 Skuse (3), Rawlings (2)
19 April Friendly Swindon Town Home 5–2 Skuse (2), Buckle, Weston, Rawlings
21 April Bristol County Combination Bristol City Home 1–1 11,053 Crompton (pen)
22 April Friendly Newport County Away 2–1 Rawlings (2)
26 April Friendly Cardiff City Away 0–1
28 April Friendly Douglas F.C. Home 1–0 Cooke
30 April Friendly Swansea Town Away 0–4
3 May Friendly Gloucester County XI Home 1–1 Buckle
10 May Friendly Bristol City Home 4–1 7,450 Weston (2), Rawlings (2)
24 May Friendly Bristol City[4] Home 1–2 4,044 Rawlings

Notes[]

  1. Nine goalscorers untraced
  2. One goalscorer unknown
  3. Goalkeeper Harry Grubb played the second half as an outfield player and scored a hat-trick
  4. Match billed as Crompton XI v Wedlock XI
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